Various - Vivaldi/Rasmussen: The Four Seasons After Vivaldi

In 1608, as the crowning achievement of his training with Gabrieli, Mogens Peders�n published his First Book of Madrigals with 21 songs of love � both requited and unrequited � in sensual poems. The choral pieces are saturated with images and impressions of all that love. They are moving, intense and sensitive, and even in his youth Mogens Peders�n was a master of the motion of voices and the use of dissonances that are resolved into the most beautiful concords. A true jewel of Danish music now becomes sounding reality performed in these world premiere recordings by vocal group Musica Ficta under Bo Holten's leadership.